NecroBouncer is a enjoyable motion roguelite developed by Alchemy Sheep and printed by Ravenage Video games. This recreation is on the brief facet, however don’t fear; there’s loads of replayability.
You play as a anonymous skeleton-like character who’s a bouncer at a bar. NecroBouncer is a hack-and-slash combating title the place it’s essential to clear room after room and defeat the boss on the finish. There are 4 bosses complete, every having distinctive patterns of assault. The premise of those fights is to dodge till the boss turns into weak after which spam your assaults. The primary two bosses change into weak on their very own, however the closing two bosses have a little bit of a puzzle to them. It took me a very long time on the third boss to determine what I wanted to do to get him to make use of a special assault that might tire him out. General, although, the bosses weren’t too troublesome; not till you discovered the right way to play, that’s.
Being a hack-and-slash type, NecroBouncer has pretty easy controls. You spam Y to assault together with your weapon however you too can use particular assaults with A and X. These specials use magic, however the recreation is beneficiant at ensuring you by no means run out. This was an excellent factor for me as a result of I had far an excessive amount of enjoyable spawning zombie minions to assault enemies for me. You may press B to roll dodge, which lets you be invincible for a second. The controls have been fluid and easy all through my gameplay expertise, which was nice since this title is fast-paced.
But, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of downtime. The way in which NecroBouncer works is that you simply go from one room to a different, clearing enemies and fixing puzzles. There are 4 flooring complete, every having their very own distinctive map each time you start a playthrough. So, no two playthroughs will ever be alike.
The rooms are laid out like a thoughts map starting from the left and shifting to the proper. You may select between one in every of 4 rooms to begin in and then you definitely observe that department all through. Generally, rooms will department into two or three others and you may resolve. Every room has its personal gimmick, and also you’ll know what it’s forward of time.
What do I imply by gimmick? Every room, along with a horde of enemies, typically has a puzzle. For instance, there’s a crystal room the place it’s essential to break all of the crystals. Each few seconds, enemies will spawn from the crystals. As soon as they’re all damaged and no extra enemies can spawn, then the room is cleared. There’s one other room referred to as King of the Hill the place you must stand on a platform in the course of the room for a sure period of time. The factor is, enemies spawn everytime you’re on the platform. Some rooms, then again, are “bouncer” rooms the place it’s merely a rush of enemies you must defeat.
So, I typically mapped out the course I’d need to take earlier than selecting the primary space so I’d get essentially the most out of it between most popular room kinds and rooms that allowed essentially the most rewards. Some rooms offer you a treasure chest upon clearing them. The treasure chest accommodates relics (that are mainly power-ups). You’ll have these relics for the remainder of the run. The extra you play, the extra relics you’ll unlock so you possibly can start a run with some relics, too.
A few of these relics can help you have extra well being, do extra harm to enemies, spawn extra zombie minions, and extra. There are so much of relics. When you defeat a boss, you’ll have the prospect to purchase one thing on the bar. The bar can have relics obtainable, together with well being. Relying on how a lot cash you might have, you possibly can take no matter you need earlier than shifting onto the following set of rooms.
NecroBouncer is a type of video games the place you see how far you possibly can go. With solely 4 bosses, although, and the extra powered-up you change into, every playthrough will get simpler and faster. The primary time I cleared all 4 bosses, I did so inside an hour and a half.
The sport additionally provides stats and further missions to work towards. For instance, defeating every boss with out taking any harm. You don’t get something for these, however it’s good to have one thing else to do because the recreation, regardless of no two playthroughs being alike, can get repetitive.
I loved my time with NecroBouncer and I’m certain I’ll return and play it once more. Nevertheless, although it ran easily more often than not, the sport did glitch a number of occasions. I as soon as cleared a boss and the reward choices froze. The chests have been closed, however the define of the rewards have been there. So, I feel the sport thought the chests have been open however I couldn’t choose something. I wanted to shut the sport utterly, dropping all my progress for that run. I do know the character of the sport is to see how far you get in a single go, however a quick-save characteristic would have been good for these glitch moments. Regardless of how brief a run will be, I did must abandon a run as a result of I had someplace to be and couldn’t full it on time. A fast save would have been very nice at that second.
Regardless, should you’re searching for a recreation that’s on the shorter facet and a enjoyable roguelite expertise, NecroBouncer is a superb alternative. You could not play it for hours on finish, however it’s good to return to occasionally as a pick-up-and-go sort of recreation.